Albania

ALBEurope & Central AsiaUpper middle incomeCapital: Tirane
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77/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Albania in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Albania· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Albania

Albania's GDP is $33.33B (2026), with a population of 2.3M, and GDP per capita of $12,493. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.4%, inflation at 3.4%, unemployment at 8.7%, government debt at 51.5% of GDP, life expectancy of 79.8 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$33.33B2026▲ 10.1%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.4%2026▼ 8.1%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$12,4932026▲ 11.2%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$67.37B2026▲ 6.4%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$25,2472026▲ 7.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.03%2026▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$30.48B2025▲ 13.6%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$12,0602025▲ 21.7%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$28,1702025▲ 6.3%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)21.8%2025▼ 2.5%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)49.7%2025▲ 2.1%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)14.8%2025▼ 4.2%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)12.8%2025▲ 3.4%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)69.2%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)25.0%2024▲ 6.5%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)22.8%2025▲ 1.4%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)1.4%2025▼ 38.6%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$47,6042025▲ 4.6%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)6.0%2025▼ 7.3%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)5.2%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$5,9432021▲ 22.5%WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)3.1%2021▲ 218.1%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-5.5%2025▲ 20.0%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021▲ 218.5%WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.18%2021▲ 362.9%WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)1.04%2021▲ 79.0%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.05%2021▲ 401.0%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)1.4%2021▲ 86.1%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.14%2021▲ 3.2%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$6.67B2025▲ 10.1%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$22,7242025▲ 5.0%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$6,8772025▲ 5.0%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary22 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)79.5%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)37.0%2025▲ 2.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)42.5%2025▼ 1.5%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$11.30B2025▲ 15.2%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$12.99B2025▲ 11.3%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$4.35B2025▲ 8.7%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$10.28B2025▲ 6.9%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)6.1%2025▼ 4.1%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.1%2025▲ 16.1%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.85B2025▲ 8.3%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$2.56B2025▲ 12.7%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)8.4%2025▼ 0.3%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)1.5%2024▲ 124.1%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-0.5%2025▲ 78.0%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-160.9M2025▲ 75.2%WB
▶External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)39.7%2024▼ 18.4%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$10.71B2024▼ 5.3%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)3.2%2024▼ 11.2%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$4.50B2024—WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$360.1M2024▼ 31.4%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)1.6%2023▼ 8.3%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$360.6M2023▲ 13.8%WB
▶Finance8 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)192025▲ 3.0%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population2.3M2025▼ 1.2%WB
Population Growth (%)-1.2%2025▲ 19.2%WB
Population Density (per km²)882023▼ 1.6%WB
Surface Area (sq km)28,7502023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)27,4002023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)58.9%2025▲ 0.6%WB
Urban Population (total)1.4M2025▼ 0.6%WB
Rural Population (%)41.1%2025▼ 0.8%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth79.8 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male77.9 years2024▲ 0.3%WB
Life Expectancy, Female81.6 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.32024▼ 0.5%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)10.12024▼ 1.1%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)8.52024▲ 1.5%WB
Net Migration-24,2302025▲ 1.0%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)16.6%2025▼ 1.4%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)65.8%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)17.6%2025▲ 4.1%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)52.0%2025▲ 2.1%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)26.8%2025▲ 4.9%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)25.2%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)942024▼ 2.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)46.82024▼ 3.0%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force1.3M2025▼ 0.5%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)64.3%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)58.6%2025▲ 0.7%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)70.2%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Unemployment (%)10.9%2025▲ 2.2%WB
Female Unemployment (%)11.2%2025▲ 1.8%WB
Male Unemployment (%)10.7%2025▲ 2.6%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)25.6%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)30.8%2025▼ 2.1%WB
Employment in Industry (%)22.0%2025▲ 0.9%WB
Employment in Services (%)47.2%2025▲ 1.0%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)63.5%2024▲ 2.1%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)46.0%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)49.7%2025▲ 0.7%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)12.0%2024▲ 2.3%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.2%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.6%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)57.2%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)50.3%2025▼ 0.6%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)21.0%2024▼ 10.0%WB
▶Education21 indicators · 2017–2024 · WB
▶Health49 indicators · 2017–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.1%2023▼ 6.4%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$5912023▲ 16.5%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)3.5%2023▼ 6.2%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)48.3%2023▼ 0.1%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.92020▲ 14.2%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)5.82020▲ 14.6%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.92020▲ 2.1%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)9.22024▼ 2.1%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)6.72024▼ 2.9%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)72023▼ 12.5%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)8.42024▼ 2.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)102024▼ 1.0%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)23.0%2021▲ 74.9%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)66.9%2021▼ 18.2%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)2.2%2021▲ 9.5%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)81.0%2024▼ 2.4%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)152024▲ 0.0%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)11.3%2017▼ 51.3%WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)16.4%2017▼ 29.3%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)36.7%2024▼ 1.9%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)6.1%2024▼ 1.6%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)2.82021▼ 18.2%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)4.52020▼ 12.5%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)76.390890342021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)19.941063322021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)66.687955312021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)8.2517865872024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)9.2270803342024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)6.7351941352024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)1.9778486122023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)152024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.242024—WHO
People Living with HIV16002025—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)10.791342022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)962025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)812025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)962025—WHO
Physicians (total)5,3972020▲ 13.7%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel16,7172020▲ 14.0%WHO
Dentists (total)2,9732018▲ 187.2%WHO
Pharmacists (total)3,1252018▲ 28.0%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)1.62017—WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)11.32017—WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)1.52017—WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)712023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)10.82021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)590.627990722023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2011–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
▶Infrastructure9 indicators · 2009–2023 · WB
▶Gender9 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.332023▲ 18.6%WB
Government Effectiveness0.252023▲ 288.7%WB
Political Stability0.182023▲ 72.5%WB
Regulatory Quality0.172023▲ 7.9%WB
Rule of Law-0.162023▲ 0.9%WB
Voice & Accountability0.172023▲ 19.2%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)43.4%2023▲ 12.2%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)60.4%2023▲ 7.6%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)45.8%2023▼ 3.0%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)51.7%2023▲ 4.3%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.0%2024▲ 17.1%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$535.5M2024▲ 34.7%WB
Armed Forces Personnel8,0002020▲ 0.0%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.6%2020▲ 2.9%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)6.6%2024▲ 10.8%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.42023▼ 18.3%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2020–2022 · WB
▶Social Protection8 indicators · 2012–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Social Insurance Coverage (%)44.5%2018▲ 0.3%—
Social Assistance Coverage (%)6.0%2018▼ 15.5%—
Labor Market Programs Coverage (%)14.2%2012▲ 135.4%—
Social Protection Coverage (%)48.5%2018▼ 2.3%—
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.632020▲ 0.9%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.662020▲ 0.3%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.612020▲ 1.6%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School9.0 years2020▲ 1.1%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals2.7M2020▼ 58.5%WB
International Tourism, Departures2.9M2020▼ 50.9%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$1.24B2020▼ 49.4%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$805.0M2020▼ 56.5%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)35.9%2020▼ 29.5%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$109.0M2020▼ 15.5%WB
▶Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)-0.6%2025▲ 29.4%WB
Population in Largest City535,7022025▲ 1.4%WB
Population in Largest City (% of urban)38.7%2025▲ 2.1%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)2.7%2022▼ 3.6%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)-2.0%2025▲ 13.2%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)70.8%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)69.3%2024▲ 4.0%WHO

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